Arnika, Residential skyscraper in Záběhlice, Prague 10, Czech Republic.
Arnika is a 20-storey residential complex of 260 flats at Jabloňová 11 in Prague 10–Záběhlice, on the Zahradní Město-západ housing estate. The tower, about 73 m high (75 m with antenna), was designed by Vladimír Sýkora and Jiří Hromas together with the Květ department store and a ground-floor shopping arcade.
Arnika was built between 1972 and 1974 as a "stavbařský hotel", a dormitory for construction workers, several years after the surrounding blocks of the Zahradní Město-západ housing estate. In the 1990s it became the Hotel Arnica, and a complete reconstruction in 1998–1999 turned it into a residential complex of 260 flats.
The name Arnika refers to the arnica flower, and the building's former hotel name carried over to the residential complex. The architects Vladimír Sýkora and Jiří Hromas designed the whole ensemble, including the Květ department store and the Arnika tower with its ground-floor shopping arcade; their 1966 design won an award at an international architecture exhibition for its composition of volumes with passages and a promenade area.
Arnika stands at Jabloňová 11 in the Zahradní Město-západ housing estate, with bus stops Poliklinika Zahradní Město and Jesenická close by. The Květ department store and a polyclinic are within walking distance, and the ground floor has a commercial parter.
The building's height is about 73 metres, or 75 metres including its antenna. Its design by Vladimír Sýkora and Jiří Hromas, combining passages and a promenade, won an award at an international architecture exhibition in 1966.
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